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GREAT FALLS (AP) — One person was found dead after a house fire south of the town of Cascade. Cascade County Sheriff Bob Edwards says the deceased hasn’t been identified. Edwards says the fire was reported at about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. When emergency responders arrived the house was fully engulfed in flames. After the fire was extinguished, first responders discovered that a person had died in the fire. The case is still under investigation.

Kaitlyn Kluth, 4, of Vida, Montana, sniffs an aromatic oil offered by vendor Leigh Rae Allison at the Young Living Essential Oils booth at the Spring Fever Craft and Vendor Show at the Sleep Inn and Suites in Miles City on Saturday.

The advent of sonograms, magnetic resonance imagings (MRIs and other advanced forms of body imaging has transformed modern medicine and the way in which individuals conceive of their bodies. These non-invasive renderings provide doctors with critical information about health, and yet, when faced with uncertainty about a diagnosis, these medical images can provoke fear and confusion. They give compelling glimpses into the complex systems of bodily existence, marking growth and deterioration.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposal that would increase reporting requirements for abortion providers is advancing at the GOP-dominated Idaho Statehouse.

The bill outlines a list of abortion complications that must be reported by providers, hospitals and clinics to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. This includes complications like infection, blood clots and hemorrhaging — as well as reporting of depression, anxiety and sleeping disorders.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three package bombs left on doorsteps in suburban neighborhoods have exploded in less than two weeks in Texas' capital city, killing two people, wounding two others and leaving investigators vowing to look at any possible explanation for a motive.

Police said the bombings in eastern Austin — two Monday and one on March 2 — are likely linked. All the victims were minorities, and investigators are looking into whether race was a factor. However, they backed off initial suggestions that hate crimes could be a core cause.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Legislature approved a primary state budget Saturday for the next two years and sent it to the governor for consideration.

However, two other major pieces of spending legislation regarding capitol construction and education were still being debated into the evening.

The Casper Star-Tribune said the budget keeps funding levels for most of state government largely stable, with increases in spending on social services that Gov. Matt Mead argued were hit too hard by cuts passed during the previous legislative session.